Service difficulty report · Landing Gear · Bag JETSTM3212

Difficulty date
June 29, 2005
Submitted
August 3, 2005
Operation
General aviation
Make and model
Bag JETSTM3212
Aircraft time
13,927 hours
Engine
Garrtt TPE33112UHR
Propeller
Rotol R333482F12
Part
Landing Gear
Part number
107A703056A
Part serial
BADL321
Condition
Malfunctioned
Location
Nose
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J
Precautionary procedure
A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AFTER T/O FROM YXH FOR YQL, CREWS ATTEMPTED TO RETRACT L/G. GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT SO THE CREW SELECTED OVERRIDE. THE GEAR RETRACTED BUT NLG DID NOT FULLY RETRACT INTO NOSE GEAR BAY. CREWS THEN SELECTED GEAR EXTENSION AND RETURNED BACK TO BASE WITH NO FURTHER PROBLEMS. MX FOUND THAT L/G GEAR SAFETY SWITCH WAS NOT BEING MADE DUE TO L/G BEING IMPROPERLY SERVICED NIGHT BEFORE. IT HAS BEEN NOTED BEFORE THAT N/G INTERNAL FLOATING PISTON ON OCCASION (ALL JETSTREAM NOSE GEAR ASSY`S ) WILL HANG UP AND STICK DURING SERVICE GIVING AME A FALSE INDICATION OF PROPER SERVICE. AFTER REVIEW FOUND ALTERNATE METHOD IN MM. THAT WILL RECTIFY THIS PROBLEM. ALL OF OUR MX TO BE NOTIFIED. GEAR RESERVICED AND NO FURTHER FAULTS